Calypso Morgan Burke

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Talk Like A Pirate Day - Live at CapriCon 2008

This is a great song!! Talk like a pirate day is tomorrow!!!

Celebrating 2 years of fun

I thought I'd celebrate the 2nd anniversary of the blog with a drink. I know, BIG surprise for me! But this is a new drink that my husband and I created. It's called a We Wants The Redhead. See how pretty it is.

This is what is in it:

1 shot rum

1 shot peach snappes

1 shot amaretto

1 shot southern comfort

1 shot grenadine

and some Sprite

Try it sometime and let me know what you think!

It's A Girl!!

It looks like we're getting a new puppy. She's a lab/collie mix. I've always wanted a chocolate lab and once I saw her I totally fell in love. She was very calm when I held her so hopefully she stays that way. We don't get her for another week or so which is good because I need to make a place for her.

We're not sure what we want to name her but she needs to have a Disney name. Please vote in the poll to the right and help us name her.

Kingdom in the Sky

I love this song!! Check it out!!

War Breaks Out In Western Pennsylvania

Every year around this time thousands of people gather in New Castle, PA for Pennsic War. The Pennsic War is an annual event between the East and Middle Kingdoms of the Society for Creative Anachronism Inc., and is hosted by the Kingdom of Æthelmearc at Coopers' Lake Campground. Now, you are probably wondering what the Society for Creative Anachronism (SCA) is. Well, the SCA is an international organization dedicated to researching and re-creating the arts and skills of pre-17th-century Europe. Their "Known World" consists of 19 kingdoms, with over 30,000 members residing in countries around the world. Members, dressed in clothing of the Middle Ages and Renaissance, attend events which feature tournaments, royal courts, feasts, dancing, various classes & workshops.

Many of the campsites have authentic period tents, such as this one. While others will have modern day tents or a combination of tents.

The largest activity at Pennsic war is the battles, themselves. Thousands of men and women "suit up" in armour that ranges from the "make shift" style that consists of carpet or bits of plastic to the very elaborate, authentic Gothic plate. Weapons are made from sticks of rattan and can be one or two handed. Most of the battles are field battles but they also have bridge battles, (which is in the photo above) a castle battle and a woods battle.

Other sporting events that take place are archery, knife throwing and one-on-one battles. There are also classes that you can attend from soap making to dancing. And of course there is lots of shopping to be done. Merchants have anything from homemade jewelry to garb to shiny armour.

So, if you happen to be driving on I-79 this week (south of I-80) and see about a mile worth of tents then you've seen where Pennsic is held.

Then and Now

It's hard to believe that 20 years ago Erin and I graduated high school. It doesn't seem like a lot has happened over those 20 years but I guess a lot has. We got married, bought a house or two, had pets come and go, had loved ones leave our lives, and the biggest thing is we had Cassidy.

A few weeks ago we had our 20 year reunion. Now, I will admit that we were both hesitant on wanting to go. Even after 20 years there are still some people you're not sure you really want to spend an evening with. Long story short, we went to the Friday night mixer where there was about 20 classmates. That ended up being a lot of fun. One of the guys I was friends with in high school but lost touch with flew in from California. And guess what, he's only 10 minutes from Disneyland so looks like a trip to his house is in my future.

We missed out on the dinner on Saturday but met up with everyone later that evening. It was great seeing people after all that time. All the high school drama was gone and all the "clics" were gone. People that didn't talk at all in school were suddenly getting their groove on together. It was a great sight to see. It's like the Berlin Wall came down. And let me tell you, we still know how to party. We closed down the bar at 2 am. And when it all came to an end and pictures were being taken, tears started to roll. For some reason, I suddenly realized how much I missed all my high school friends. I can't wait for our 25th reunion.